Is Vat Savitri on Purnima or Amavasya?

Both, depending on region, and this is a genuine split, not an error. Maharashtra, Gujarat and Karnataka keep it on Jyeshtha Purnima. UP, Bihar and most of North India keep it on Jyeshtha Amavasya, a fortnight earlier. Same story, same ritual around the banyan tree, two different days.

Vat Savitri Amavasya

वट सावित्री अमावस्या · વટ-સાવિત્રી અમાવસ

2026

16 May 2026

Saturday · Krishna Amavasya

Tithi begins05:12 AM

Tithi ends01:31 AM · 17 May

Full panchang for this day

About

Maharashtra version of Vat Savitri observed on Jyeshtha Amavasya. Women fast for the long life of their husbands.

Falls on: Jyeshtha Purnima or Jyeshtha Amavasya, this is the same festival on two different days

What it is

Savitri followed Yama when he took her husband Satyavan's soul, and argued with him so persistently and so well that he returned it. Married women tie a thread around a banyan (vat) tree, long-lived, and so a symbol of endurance, circling it seven times, and fast for their husbands' long life.

Food

A fast, often nirjala; broken after the tree worship.

Common questions

Is Vat Savitri on Purnima or Amavasya?: Both, depending on region, and this is a genuine split, not an error. Maharashtra, Gujarat and Karnataka keep it on Jyeshtha Purnima. UP, Bihar and most of North India keep it on Jyeshtha Amavasya, a fortnight earlier. Same story, same ritual around the banyan tree, two different days.

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